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June 17, 2013
Low Surface Energy Coatings, Rewrites the Area Ratio Rules
Improve Etching Performance
Advances in Conductive Inks Across Multiple Applications
Printable Materials for Electronic Packaging
Insulation Resistance of Dielectric Materials
Comparison of SAC105 and SAC305 Solders
Pad Cratering Evaluation of PCBs
Conformal Coating for Tin Whisker Management
Gold Stud Bump Flip Chip Attachment
Board Performance after Pb-Free Reflow
Do IPC Standards Require Green Solder Mask?
Stencil Design Improves Drop Test Performance
Assembly and Reliability Investigation of PoP
Solder Paste Ingredients vs. Performance
3 Steps To Solder Paste Selection
The Universal PCB Design Grid System
Underfill Limitations for Future Packages
Design for Assembly of 01005 Components
Surface Finish Effect on Creep Corrosion in PCBs
Opening Eyes on Fiber Weave and CAF
Developing a New Lead-Free Alloy
Challenges of Package on Package Devices
Pb-Free Alloy Alternatives
Novel Material for High Layer Count, High Rel PCBs
Toughened Laminates for Circuit Boards
Embedded Packaging Technologies
Effect of Lead-Free on Key Material Properties
Qualification of Thin Form Factor PWBs
Measuring Conformal Coating Adhesion
Printed Electronics Development Update
Evaluation of Laminates for Pb-free HASL Process
Imbedded Components: Ready for Mainstream?
Activator Technology for Lead-Free Paste
Introducing Novel Flame Retardant Materials
Solder Bumping for Flip Chip Technology
Best Practices for Controlling Moisture in PCBs
Second Generation Pb-Free Alloys
Flip Chip Package Qualification
Lead-free Board Materials Reliability Project
Enhancing Reliability of PB-Free Solder Joints
Total: 81    Page 1 of 9 
Materials Tech programs cover topics including:
Adhesives, Chemicals, Cleaning Solutions, Coatings, Components, Design, Embedded Technology, Fasteners, Finishes, Flex Circuits, Flip Chip, Fluxes, PC Fab, Solders, Solder Masks, Solder Paste and more.
Low Surface Energy Coatings, Rewrites the Area Ratio Rules
Low Surface Energy Coatings, Rewrites the Area Ratio Rules
This paper focuses on the relevant attributes that affect the properties of solder paste release and introduces the effects of surface free energy with respect to key elements that make up the stencil printing process.
Channel: Assembly, Printing, Pick & Place
Improve Etching Performance
Improve Etching Performance
This paper discusses a new technology to improve etching performance using shiny side surface treatment on copper foil.
Channel: PC Fab, Board Design, Laminates
Advances in Conductive Inks Across Multiple Applications
Advances in Conductive Inks Across Multiple Applications
In this paper the authors review both traditional and emerging applications for printed electronics, with a focus on the printed functional materials.
Channel: PC Fab, Board Design, Laminates
Printable Materials for Electronic Packaging
Printable Materials for Electronic Packaging
This paper reports on novel printable materials that have the potential to surpass conventional materials.
Channel: PC Fab, Board Design, Laminates
Insulation Resistance of Dielectric Materials
Insulation Resistance of Dielectric Materials
The investigation involves measuring the leakage current within internal PCB layers insitu during exposure of various specimens to a controlled ground-based test environment and a simulated space environment.
Channel: PC Fab, Board Design, Laminates
Comparison of SAC105 and SAC305 Solders
Comparison of SAC105 and SAC305 Solders
In this paper, the thermal fatigue performance under accelerated test conditions is compared for three common BGA ball alloys.
Channel: Solders, Fluxes, Pastes
Pad Cratering Evaluation of PCBs
Pad Cratering Evaluation of PCBs
This paper reviews major publications and research reports with regard to pad cratering on various PCB materials.
Channel: Contamination, Defects, Whiskers
Conformal Coating for Tin Whisker Management
Conformal Coating for Tin Whisker Management
The objective of this study is to evaluate conformal coatings for mitigation of tin whisker growth.
Channel: Adhesives, Coating, Dispensing
Gold Stud Bump Flip Chip Attachment
Gold Stud Bump Flip Chip Attachment
Flip chip bonding is a desirable attachment approach for minimizing size. This paper compares immersion and auto catalytic gold plating processes for flip chip bonding.
Channel: Flip-Chip, MEMS, Semiconductors
Board Performance after Pb-Free Reflow
Board Performance after Pb-Free Reflow
This paper will focus on air-air thermal cycling, IST testing and material survivability after lead-free assembly reflow.
Channel: PC Fab, Board Design, Laminates
Total: 81    Page 1 of 9 
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